Professor Yang received his MD from the Catholic University Medical in 1985, completed a PhD in 1996 and a post-doctoral fellowship at the Oregon Health Sciences University, USA.

Currently, He is a director of organ transplant center at Seoul St. Mary’s Hospital, The President of Korean Society of Nephrology, The Head of Internal Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea

He received the Distinguished Doctor Award from the Seoul Medical Association in 2006 and prime minister award for Health and Medical Technology Promotion in 2017.

Professor Yang’s research work focuses particularly on ischemia-reperfusion injury, the nephrotoxicity of immunosuppressants and the renin-angiotensin system.

He has written many articles and abstracts, which have been published in journals such as FASEB Journal, American Journal of Transplantation, Transplantation, Journal of American Society of Nephrology and Kidney International.